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Robert Herrick
(1591-1674)

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THE ROCK OF RUBIES, AND THE QUARRY OFPEARLS

Some ask'd me where the Rubies grew:
And nothing I did say,
But with my finger pointed to
The lips of Julia.
Some ask'd how Pearls did grow, and where:
Then spoke I to my girl,
To part her lips, and shew me there
The quarrelets of Pearl.

Robert Herrick

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